North Dakota Senator: Federal Water Rule May be Repealed
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the results of last week’s election may mean the end for the controversial Environmental Protection Agency rule on what waterways fall under the Clean Water Act.
WDAY-TV (http://bit.ly/2eClVh3 ) reports a prominent environmental group appears to be ready to fight back against any attempts to repeal the regulation.
Hoeven says there are at least three ways to repeal the rule, which critics have called an example of federal overreach. He says Congress could rescind it legislatively next year, the new administration could rescind it through the rulemaking process or the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals could strike it down.
Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney Jon Devine says a president can’t simply repeal a rule his or herself and that doing so requires a “full public process.”
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